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" When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences and through depression. And for me, it's a very low place, and it's not fruitful. "

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" I don't consider myself supremely talented, but I really like to try things and sift through it and see what mess I made. "

Julia Holter

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" I like talking about my music. "

" I take music very seriously, but it's important to me that my music is - I don't know if 'intuitive' is the word, but there's a really important element of something kind of mysterious. It's not academic or esoteric. "

Julia Holter

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" I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so beautiful. "

Julia Holter

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" I don't write thinking directly about what I'm feeling, usually. I just let myself write whatever comes out without it necessarily being directly a translation of what I'm aware that I'm feeling, you know? "

" I often find that I like the vibe of not having technology around me. "

Julia Holter

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Vibe

" I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it. "

" I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff. "

" I listen to the timbre of the music, and I fit my voice to blend with that timbre. "

" Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation. "

" I don't thrive in a school or academic environment, I found out. I thrive better in the world outside the small academy because I find it hard to explain what I'm doing. "

" I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever. "

" I don't often meet with strangers and feel okay about collaborating with them. "

" I think of each record as different and not having very much in common with what went before or what comes next. "

Julia Holter

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" 'Maxim's' was supposed to be on 'Ekstasis,' but it was very much in its own world. "

" When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want. "

" I usually like to hide my vocals behind the music. I don't like to hide them consciously, but I have a tendency to prefer the vocal at the same level as everything else and put lots of reverb on it. "

Julia Holter

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Everything

" I really love working with Ramona from Nite Jewel. We've kind of grown up together. "

Julia Holter

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Working

" One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a matter of, like, seeing people you know all the time on the street, you can be pretty anonymous and walk around and, like, not run into people, because it's such a big city and because a lot of people drive. "

" No one recognises me on the street, ever. "

Julia Holter

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" I love '80s beats; everyone does. "

" I think my music is experimental, playful, challenging, focused, fun. I don't want it to be thought of as trying to appeal to a certain type of person or being very cerebral. "

" One thing I've learned is I really want to work with people. "

" If I feel like I'm myself, then I'm very uncomfortable. "

" I don't ever like to see paparazzi much, but I have seen them, and I guess anyone who's seen them knows how scary they are. "

Julia Holter

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" I was in school for four years writing music to please my teachers. That was not music I liked. And when I make music that isn't for something I want to make, and it's to please other people, it's - the outcome is really bad. "

" I thought I was gonna get a doctorate in composition or be a composer and be at a university for the rest of my life, mostly because my parents are academics, and that was the logical thing to do. "

" I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do. "

" I prefer to work with mystery, but that doesn't work well in an academic environment. They want you to analyze what you're doing, which is toxic to the creative process for people like me. "

Julia Holter

People

You

" I was pretty scared of the idea as a younger person of being a musician on the road. It didn't occur to me as a possibility. "

Julia Holter

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